GOP brains exploded thru the tops of their heads all over their kitchen or living room ceilings the night Obama was elected. Every board con lost his or her mind. They could NOT believe it. They were furious (all of them here) and they were beside themselves.carmenjonze wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 6:32 pm It really is fascism-creep. It's not the first time it's happened in this country's history, either.
In the current era it started 50 years ago with the Southern Strategy, which is still very much in play, right this minute.
We could see it at work in the Reagan era with the Reagan Democrats. We could observe it in the more recent Obama Republicans. The latest iteration are those grifters, manchinandsinema.
You can see it at work in Glennfs, greengrass, bradman, and Sam Lefthand's posts. One can observe MLK's own observation of so-called moderates and how they serve to court-jester in the worst of the US authoritarian right.
How could America elect an "N" word?..but they didnt all use that word, some said Negro, some said small b black guy...I mean he wasnt even a real American, most here believed rump when he said he was born in Kenya.
They got some comfort when McConnell assured them he would make CERTAIN that Black guy would not be allowed to govern, AT ALL! They loved that.